Bob Barber UT Cross Country & Track: 1963-1967; Distance Runner (XC & Two Mile Run); XC Captain (1966); SEC XC Place Winner (1965--finished 5th, UT took first six places; 1966-finished 4th, first UT runner to finish); Member of Winning Team at National USTFF XC Championships (1964-Finished 17th); SEC Indoor T&F Place
Jimmy Watson UT Track: 1963-1966, Manager Military Experience: USMC; 1967 -1975; Captain; After completing The Basic School at Quantico and Flight School in Pensacola, Jimmy Watson went to Vietnam in November 1969 and flew helicopter missions there for about 13 months. A little more than five years later, on February
Tom Martin UT Track: 1966-1967 (Freshman Year), Hurdler (High & Intermediate Hurdles) Military Service: USMC, August 28, 1968 to June 19, 1969, Private First Class Vietnam: March 14, 1969, to June 19, 1969; India Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (The Magnificent 7th), First Marine Division (Rein) FMF; Killed in Action on June 19,
Thad Talley "What a day! What a day! What a beautiful day! You should have to pay to practice on a day like today!" Thad Talley heard this before every practice when he was running at Furman University for Coach Chuck Rohe and he said it himself before every track
Mike Juras Mike Juras was a middle distance runner at UT in 1966 and 1967. He ran on the mile relay team and earned a varsity letter before a serious hamstring injury in his sophomore year ended his track career. Despite his inability to run track, Juras stayed in school
Chick McGeehan Charles "Chick" McGeehan was an outstanding dual-sport athlete at the University of Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1969, upon which he served in the United States Army as a Special Services Officer. His military service included a tour in Chu Lai, Viet Nam where
David Job David Job, a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, had a standout pole vaulting career at the University of Tennessee during the 1964-66 seasons. During that time he earned three letters and claimed the school pole vault record in 1965. Before his college career ended, he was called to
Denis Flood Denis Flood was a Southeast Conference (SEC) track champion and decorated former Marine, who served in Vietnam from 1967-68, was severely wounded, and ran for the Marine varsity cross country and track teams. In the decades since, he served as a Naval Intelligence Officer and a contractor in
Mike Tomasello A longtime coaching great, Mike Tomasello now has over 28 years of experience, including tenures at Stanford and Tennessee. Tomasello arrived at the University of Tennessee in 1963. As a student-athlete, he was a member of 12 SEC title teams in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track.
Norm Witek Norm Witek worked for 47 years as a professor and coach at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. "I started as an instructor and head track/cross country coach," he says, "We won Brevard College's first national title, in the marathon, followed by four straight national cross country championships
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